Hi Carol
I am not sure whether you have added your proposal, cannot find any attachments. please excuse my ignorance here , if I am wrong as I have tried some of the links on your page.
Anyway, i will just comment on your above mentioned aim and questions. i think the topic is great as so much in need of research. my concern: do you need the word motivation in the aim? Try: the aim of this study is to investigate and apply effective practices of social online networking to formal online learning.
Key features of online social networking : could this also add social, cultural practices and contexts?
Question two: my concern: how will you measure motivation? Maybe drop it unless you are going to conduct a psychological study.
The third question is fine. You could have a key question around learning as it seems to be the central aim of the study.
Okay, I will add this comment. I will come back to your page later to see whether you have accessed it . the concept map is good, but again it has so much - not needed in terms of theories- constructivist theory and social network theory as applicable to learning perhaps should be enough- however, we can come back to this later.

Thanks Radha - yes I think the motivation needs to go. Steve questioned it at works in progress & I've been questioning it since.

On key features - I think there are 2 levels - 1) the actual software features eg 'friending' sharing links etc 2) the social, cultural practices & contexts that you have raised. I'll keep this in mind for that section.

As I read more, I'm starting to think that this is about how social networking can be incorporated INTO formal online learning - more thinking needed on this point.

Concept map is a brain dump & changes regularly as I weed unnecessary concepts out. I like to put them there as they arise in reading & thinking & then work out if they belong. I'm still not sure if it is constructivism & social networking.

I'll let these sit as I work on the Lit Review & reshape them after our Winter School week.